Where does “geofencing” come from?
geofencing (English) comes from English geofence, from English fence, from Middle English fence, from Middle English defence, from Old French defens, from Late Latin defensa, from Latin defensus, from Latin dēfendō — afterwards, post; by, at.
geofencing (English): The act of establishing and maintaining a geofence around an area
Definitions
- The act of establishing and maintaining a geofence around an area
Ancestry of “geofencing”, step by step
geofencing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English geofence
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | geofence | A virtual perimeter around a geographic area,... |
| 2 | English | fence | A thin artificial barrier that separates two... |
| 3 | Middle English | fence | — |
| 4 | Middle English | defence | — |
| 5 | Old French | defens | — |
| 6 | Late Latin | defensa | protection; bounded, defended; defence |
| 7 | Latin | defensus | driven away, having been driven away; defended,... |
| 8 | Latin | dēfendō | to drive away |
| 9 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 10 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 11 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 12 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |